Abstract
Various natural materials, namely ilmenite, diopside, tourmaline, olivine, garnet, and basalt, were plasma-sprayed and analyzed. This paper summarizes the various achievements of our earlier research and adds new results—mainly dielectric and optical characterizations. Plasma spraying of all of the materials was rather easy with a high feed-rate plasma system, which could process many kilograms of powder per hour. For easier characterizations, the coatings were detached from substrates in order to remain self-supporting. The plasma-sprayed layers that were coated from all studied materials acted as medium-permittivity and low-loss dielectrics, antireflective optical materials, and medium quality anti-abrasive barriers. Phase composition and microhardness were evaluated in addition to microstructure observations. Some coatings were amorphous and crystallized after further heating. As the melting points were well above 1000 °C, all of them could also serve as thermal barriers for aluminum alloys and similar metals. The only material that was not easily sprayed was tourmaline, which gave very porous coatings without environmental barrier or dielectric characteristics.
Highlights
A variety of mineral and rock materials based on natural ores have been sprayed at the Institute of Plasma Physics in recent years by two similar plasma spraying techniques: water-stabilized plasma (WSP) and hybrid water–argon-stabilized plasma (WSPH) spraying
Both techniques can process a large quantity of material in a short timeframe compared to the majority of commercial torches used for plasma spraying
This paper summarizes the various achievements of our earlier research and adds new results—mainly dielectric and optical characterizations of all the mentioned materials and all the results related to ilmenite
Summary
A variety of mineral and rock materials based on natural ores have been sprayed at the Institute of Plasma Physics in recent years by two similar plasma spraying techniques: water-stabilized plasma (WSP) and hybrid water–argon-stabilized plasma (WSPH) spraying. Both techniques can process a large quantity of material in a short timeframe compared to the majority of commercial torches used for plasma spraying. In the following description of the individual minerals, we avoided their chemical use as photocatalysts (ilmenite) or chemical catalysts (ilmenite, diopside) This is because we targeted the spray process to achieve the best accessible mechanical properties and coating compactness, whereas chemical utilization is typically associated
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